happy birthday, dear hubby

it's hubby's 29th birthday...! so , i hope you'll enjoy the entire year ahead before you turn 30...then, there's no twenties in your life, ever..!

nothing special today...i thought of getting a card and some small thing for him (yeah, i bought the Blackberry Storm 1 month ago)...but the unplanned happened... the only available car at home became smokey when my dad fetched Jihan from school in the afternoon..so it had to be sent to the workshop to be fixed...my mum took the other car and the big car is too big for me to take...

i didn't have time to get him anything, but i already bought 3 GSC tickets to watch Transformers tonight for both of us and Jihan wanted to tag along too...but what am i doing at home now..?..i told you about Imtiaz is currently reverse cycling...so he refused to let me go as he wanted to breastfeed directly with me when we were about to go....so, i told hubby to go ahead watching the movie with Jihan and without me, as it was running late...

i was quite disappointed but i didn't have the heart to leave my little boy crying for milk...he slept soundlessly until now, feeling satisfied after the feed....and my other 2 precious are not home yet...i'm still waiting for them...

we'll celebrate their birthdays tomorrow with a special cake that i'm going to make tomorrow morning....

bottle strike or just reverse cycling..?

oh oo....my little Imti is on strike now....!!!! he just refuses expressed breastmilk (EBM) through his usual bottles for the past few days...!

it was quite worrying for my mum and my maid who are taking care of him because it was his ritual to finish up 4.5oz each feeding in every 2-3 hours....for the past few days, he just took a sip or two of milk and started to spurt it out...

i came home early and fed him straight away and he has no problem with direct breastfeeding...at night he feeds frequently with me...

is there something wrong with the milk or bottles or what???

i went to see my friend who is a lactation consultant, Kak Kamariah of susuibu.com and she reassured me that it's a normal behavioral changes in breastfed babies in every 3-4 month....well, i didn't have such problems with jihan though but every babies are different....it is reverse cycling and imtiaz feels more comfortable tu nurse directly with me rather than with the bottles nowadays...

more info on it here:

http://www.kellymom.com/bf/normal/reverse-cycling.html

well, i will just keep offering the bottles during the day, and when he realizes that mama is not around during the day, he'll take it especially when he is really hungry...

happy 4th birthday, Jihan Qaisara....

it's Jihan's 4th birthday..!! and she got to bring a 2-tier Dora & Diego cake to school...thanx to kak ayu for baking and decorating a great cake for Jihan....!!

Jihan brought some goody bags for her schoolmates and teachers as well...she got a set of stationary form her teachers...

she really enjoyed the day...

i bought ice cream for her to celebrate her birthdya at home...

her party at home will be on Saturday, celebrating it with kak sofea, abang ikmal and abang emir...and i'm baking a Disney's princesses cake for her...hope it'll turn out well...'

so, Jihan, mama and papa pray for you always...be a good big sister...you will always be our little girl in our hearts...

my sumo wrestler and a little updates...

he does look like a sumo wrestler, doesn't he..? my handsome "bulat" and "botak"...i love calling him "lat" and "tak"...

a little updates on my gorgeous little Imti...he had his 2nd dose of Infanrix Hexa with Prof B 2 weeks ago...he didn't cry, just a short, soft scream...but he developed a mild fever at night and a little bit cranky in the next 24 hours...he weighed 6.3kg at 3 months...no wonder he's sooo heavy!!! he was 5.2kg at 2 months when he got his first Infanrix Hexa, an increment of 1kg+ in a month...! and he feeds on nothing else but only mama's milk!!!

alhamdulillah i still have aplenty of breastmilk for him...i pump 3 times a day at work with at least twice at home and that gives about 6 bottles of 4.5oz in 24 hours...Imtiaz needs about 4-5 bottles when i'm at work...

back to his development, he simply loves cooing and talking to people...very talkative and "kecoh"...his head is getting stronger...he likes turning to his side and about to turn from supine to prone...he has very strong legs...he loves kicking his play gym so much and listen to the tunes it makes....

he directly breastfeed from my breast every 1.5-2 hours...yes, it is tiring for me but i guess that's the best foundation that i can give to my children...i'm making use of my time at work to learn, study and work at the same time for my coming exam in November...

and now it is June..more headache for me as it is birthdays time....my dear hubby and Jihan's...i ordered a Dora and Diego from my sifu, kak ayu for Jihan to bring to school next Wednesday...and i'm making her a Disney's Princesses cake for her party at home next Saturday so she can celebrate it with Kak Sofea, Abang Ikmal and our close relatives...present for her..?hmmmm, not sure what to buy..usually we let her choose herself...

for dear hubby, well....i bought him the new Blackberry Storm on our anniversary...so i don't think i'm spending much on him (hahaha...sorry dear..)

and Imti is going to have fun having to taste some birthday cakes through the breastmilk...yum,yum..!

Majlis Aqiqah & Potong Jambul Ahmad Imtiaz Iman

was held on 30th May but delayed in uploading all the pictures....thanks to all who made it to the event...had a real good lunch of gulai kambing, ayam goreng rempah, bergedel, really nice sambal tomato, my favourite sambal goreng, pulut kuning, dadih, and few other deserts...

enjoy the picts...!

now you see it, now you don't...arrgggghhh!!!

NOW YOU SEE IT...

NOW YOU DON'T...

I'm so sad, i lost it on a lovely Sunday morning...

it sounded so scary when it approached my ears...

i thought i'd lost my ears too...

luckily it went away, far, far away...

but then it came again...

nibbling my precious tresses...

now i lost it forever...

will never come back tomorrow and the day after...

that's my soft, shiny, mohican-styled hair...

- Ahmad Imtiaz Iman -